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Im a newb as well and made a bunch of short youtube videos of my 2nd 5 gallon batch which was the first one I did using a cooler as a mash tun. My first batch i had drilled a bunch of holes in a bucket and did the bucket in bucket method. The benefit to using a cooler is that it's insulated...

honestly I really like my aluminum pot and drilling it to mount spigots was easy. you probably will want to use a propane burner rather than an electric stove. only catch with aluminum pots is you should fill it and boil water in it for an hour to create an oxide layer on the pot kinda like...

nice thread if your using a pot with such a large top it's going to cause more to evaporate during boiling which is probably part of your issue. As for your wort chiller, just make sure the water going into it is really cold. I don't know how cold your tap water is but consider getting a...

Since you've already done some brewing you probably don't need a whole kit. quite frankly, all you probably need is a larger pot and mash tun. I paid $50 for an 8 gallon aluminum pot that I drilled a hole and added a spigot too and I also bought a $40 cooler from home depot that I also put a...

my first 5 gallon batch i did I only used a plastic bucket wrapped in a blanket and It worked phenomenally. My next batch i had already purchased a cooler and had more heat loss with that however it still worked well. Most likely next time to be on the safe side I will also wrap my cooler with...

just to let you know, I'm from Brockton. I live in NYC now but I still root for the Sox, C's and Pats. Just don't want you to see my location and try to steer me wrong! I hear what your saying, makes perfect sense. truthfully, all i care about is making beer that tastes good to me. Not...

lol, like I said guys, I've spent a lot of time on golf and cycling forums so I definately know that post count doesn't mean ****! People spending so much time talking about golf and cycling instead of getting out and really doing it. As for tannins and that stuff, I'm not saying that its...

So this is my latest and greatest hobby. I'm an avid golfer (5hcap) and cyclist as well. When first getting into those endeavors, I frequented a lot of forums on the topics and they were helpful. Golf and cycling are great because there is tangible measured progress. If you are getting advice...

i use it as directed on the bottle. I start with my 10 gallon cooler filled to the top, then I drain from that into my 8 gallon pot. from there I run it into my fermenter and bottling bucket and then I usually just set them both aside. When it's time to put it into the fermenter I dump that...

Knowing now, I wouldn't have started brewing at all. I just flat out don't have the room for the stuff i want in my tiny apartment unless i give up my other 2 hobbies (golf, cycling) and that aint happening!

i'm a newbie and one recurring things I see in threads that I don't understand. Airlock-Who in the hell instructs people to go to the airlock right away. I have done 3 brews and strictly go with a blowoff tube. you can see the bubbles and have no risk of blowing the lid of your...

your pot size is fine for what you say you are trying to accomplish. BTW, you have it backwards, aluminum conducts heat better than stainless. most stainless pots are thick on the bottom because there is a big chunk of aluminum sandwiched in to help conductivity. Just make sure if you get an...

I would go aluminum and put your own ball valve on it but the price on that stainless kettle is very good too. Check out a crude youtube video I made of me putting the ball valve on my kettle. I live in a tiny nyc apt and use an 8 gallon pot and have now done two batches without issues with...

my brew shop has a $3 plastic aerator that you stick on the end of the tubing and connect the other end to the spigot and voila. super easy. The spigot is key. I use it for my strike water to then add it to the mash tun and then my 10 gal cooler also has a spigot. to easily get it back into...

why not get an immersion chiller? I just built one yesterday, went with 50ft of tubing which cost me $60 and then I bought laundry hose so that I had the garden hose end on it. Total cost was about $75 to make this but when I chilled my 5 gallon batch down to 60 degrees in about 10 minutes...

oh and if you don't like that advice, than look into brewing Lagers!

It's a friggin bucket for chrissakes. I live in a 600 sq ft apt with my gf and i have 3 sets of golf clubs, 2 bikes, and now a 5 gallon all grain setup. She can deal with you having a 5 gallon bucket sitting under a desk, table, in a closet or she can deal with you banging other women as that...

i need to get a lid for my pot, takes so damn long to get the thing boiling again. I live in nyc so going outside with a Propane burner isn't an option, tho I wish it was!

yeah apple juice will just ferment into wine. I just finished brewing a Peach Cobbler Ale, that should finish with hints of Peach taste and a nice peachy aroma. I added 10 roasted peaches (roasted in the oven at 400* for about an hour, peeled, halved, and pitted them first) at the end of the...

As i type this I'm doing my first batch in my home depot cooler tun. I got the kit from bargain fittings but i did my boil pot with a ball valve that I bought from home depot and just used the screw on fittings, teflon tape and the proper hi temp orings. both worked great for me, just wish i...